Peter Munk Quotes

In my writing, I want to address all communities, you know. I've spent many years talking about Chicano culture, Chicano history, and at the same time, I've also been in many communities and presented my work in many communities, in many classrooms, and that's where my vision is and my delight is and my heart is.

I think we need to maintain the good relationship between the people of Egypt and the people of the United States.

If the European Union wants to be an address where civilizations meet, it must take Turkey in.

We are accountable to each other; having an equitable Minnesota benefits everyone, not just the disenfranchised.

Friends, we are all Indians no matter how white or dark you are. It doesn't make any difference where you are, what you are doing, or how much money you are making. We are all Indians.

Great nations have much to learn from each other.

I have come here, therefore, on a voyage of discovery of the mind and heart of America and to place before you our own heart. Thus we may promote that understanding and cooperation which, I feel sure, both our countries earnestly desire.

There must not and cannot be any conflict, estrangement or misunderstanding between the Chinese people and America.

To achieve progress in the face of adversity, we need a genuine commitment to gaining a deeper understanding of humanity. I'd like to see a world with more leaders who are familiar with the depths of the views of those they deeply disagree with, so that they can understand the nuances of everyone they're representing.

One new reality is global interconnectivity and the fact that all challenges must be addressed on the basis of 'togetherness.' Thus the most crucial factor in accepting the new reality and confronting its opportunities and risks is our willingness to develop shared norms on all levels.

We have a lot to learn from everyone.

The world is a diverse place. Nobody has a monopoly on virtue or wisdom.

The more we can treat people equally, the more likely they are to treat each other equally.

This was a continent of divisions, of wars, of conflicts, of divergences, differences... When I am in Asia, in Africa, people admire what we have managed to do. Europe is beautiful seen from other continents.

The policies we pursue to ensure safety and fairness for our citizens need to be applied equally - and people need to feel they are being applied equally - if we are to bring Americans together again.

Successful nations make a point of trying to learn from their neighbors. The Arab world has been taught over generations only to hate theirs.

I am not the candidate of Black America, although I am black and proud. I am not the candidate of the woman's movement of this country, although I am a woman and I am equally proud of that.

It is not up to women of color to save this country from itself. That's on all of us. That's on all of us.

Americans always see China through the looking glass, and I think it's about time - with technology and of the growing economic relationship between these two countries - I think it's natural and better for all of us to have a better understanding of each other.

This idea of feminism as a party to which only a select few people get to come - this is why so many women, particularly women of colour, feel alienated from mainstream western academic feminism. Because don't we want it to be mainstream?

We need to make sure that everyone's pulling their weight and doing their fair share. Canadians get that, including the wealthy Canadians I talk to.

Either you fight for everybody, or you're really just fighting for yourself and people like you.

We all should respect Chris Stevens, who dedicated his life to trying to improve relations between the Arab world and the western world.

As long as we set up equality, we'll go in the right direction.

The United States is a great, great country, but it's not the only country, and we can learn a great deal beyond our own shores.